Big-Time Business: Energy for Everyone?: The Business of Energy

Author: Nick Hunter
Publisher: Franklin Watts Ltd
Category: Work, Citizenship & Social Education, Technology
Age Group: 12-17
Book Format: Hardcover

Energy For Everyone? explores one of the world's most profitable industries. It discovers how the energy industry began and why energy companies can charge so much for their goods. The book also discusses the challenges the energy industry faces as our planet's natural resources are depleted, and the genius solutions businesses have in place to ensure they continue to make billions.Discover the world's biggest money-making industries and the secrets of their success in Big-time Business. From the pharmaceutical industry and entertainment world through to the business of beauty, banking, social networking and energy, find out why these enterprising worlds have a grip on the global economy and are considered the biggest money-generators on the planet. A high-interest exploration of the business world for 9+ readers.

Table Of Contents
1: Power for the people

1: Chapter 1: The rise of the energy industry

1: Birth of the energy industry

1: Transport and tycoons

1: The modern world

1: Chapter 2: Energy exploration

1: King coal

1: The search for oil and gas

1: Deep-sea oil exploration

1: Nuclear power

1: Alternative energy

1: Chapter 3: Energy supply

1: Power generation

1: Energy for transport

1: Energy for homes and businesses

1: Chapter 4: The big players

1: Big oil

1: Utility companies

1: Chapter 5: Changing energy industry

1: Renewable energy businesses

1: Conclusion: Challenges ahead

1: Glossary

1: For more information

1: Index
About Nick Hunter
Nick Hunter is a prolific children's book author. His subjects range from science and history through to geography and social issues. Before Nick became an author, he worked in children's book publishing as an editor and publisher. He lives and works in Oxford, and is married with two children.

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SKU BK-9781445139159
Barcode # 9781445139159
Brand Franklin Watts Ltd
Artist / Author Nick Hunter
Shipping Weight 0.3500kg
Shipping Width 0.210m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.260m
Assembled Length 26.000m
Assembled Height 1.000m
Assembled Width 21.100m
Type Hardcover

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